User:Spookytac/sandbox

Stuart Maunder is an Australian theatre director, currently appointed as the artistic director of State Opera of South Australia. He has also directed for Opera Australia, Victorian Opera, West Australian Opera, New Zealand Opera and Scottish Opera.

Biography
Stuart Maunder started his career as a stage manager in 1978 at The Australian Opera before becoming a resident director in 1981. Whilst continuing to direct in Australia, he joined The Royal Opera as a staff director in 1992. In 1999 he was appointed artistic administrator of Opera Australia by Simone Young and then became executive producer from 2004 to 2008.

From 2014-2018 Stuart was general director of New Zealand Opera, before being appointed artistic director of State Opera of South Australia in 2018.

His opera directing repertoire includes Carmen, The Pearl Fishers, Peter Grimes. La fille du regiment, The Cunning Little Vixen, Manon, La boheme, L'Orfeo, The Magic Flute, Tales of Hoffman, Orpheus in the Underworld, Tosca, Il signor Bruschino, La scala di seta, Macbeth and Rigoletto.

His musical theatre repertoire includes Carousel (State Opera of South Australia), Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd (Victorian Opera), Candide (New Zealand Opera), A Little Night Music and My Fair Lady (Opera Australia).

He is also a Gilbert & Sullivan aficionado, including Trial by Jury, HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, The Gondoliers and Iolanthe in his repertoire. Several of these have been broadcast by ABC Television.